Using stable isotope biogeochemistry to study marine mammal ecology

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 509-572

  Newsome, Seth D ^a   Clementz, Mark T ^b   Koch, Paul L ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Isotopic turnover; Marine mammals; Pinnipeds; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINNIPED; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77954464387     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00354.x     Document Type: Review

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